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Softball Newi
The Weather
Generally fair today and
Monday but considerable
morning cloudiness with fog
on coast. Max. Temp. 83,
Min. 49. River . ft. X-W
wind.
tTOth the state Softball
tournament la the offing.
The Oregon Statesman sport
page remains a leader f&
- porta coverage.
E1GUTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August IS, 1933,
Price 3c; Newsstands S
No. 120
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TRASH piled against wooden wall of Foreman beer parlbr storage shed, shown above, flared up dur
ing American Legion parade Friday night, giving the fire department a scare and parade crowds a
thrilL Police believe blaze may have been set. A. serious fire would 'hare developed had the flames not
been subdued before Igniting stock in rear of adjoining Metropolitan Chain store. Note charred win
dow frame. (Jesten-Miller photo.)
Lifted Squalus
Sticks in Mud
Sub Is Towed After Navy
Lifts It From 240
Foot Depth
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 12
-(P) The submarine Squalus with
Its cargo of 26 dead was held fast
tonight by an uncharted mud
hump it struck while being towed
shoreward after the US navy had
raised the vessel 80 feet from a
240-foot depth in an epic engineer
ing "feat
"Squalus cannot be moved ap
preciably from position of first
grounding," Rear Admiral Cyrus
W. Cole, in charge of the opera
tions, radioed from the salvage
ship Falcon. V :
He added, however, that Pon
toon! attached to the submarine
would be re-set tomorrow tor the
second of three scheduled liftings.
Naval officers ashore said th e
mud pinnacle f had halted the
shoreward journey, from 800 to
100 yards short of the first haul's
destination. They expressed- In
formal opinions. $ it a t tat unex
pected grounding would r simply
change the scene . of the second
lift without materially interfering
with the task of returning the
Squalus to the Portsmouth navy
yard. -
The submarine struck the hump
at 2:13 p.m. (EST). Salvage
workers waited for the tide to
rise to proceed with the tow, but
when high tide failed to provide
the needed lift. It was decided to
suspend operations nntil tomor-
TOW.
Ten pontoons were nsed in mov
ing the Equal us from the place at
which It sank during diving tests
$1 days ago.
Hatches" of the vessel will not
be opened until it is returned to
the navy yard.
Navy officers kept watch on a
freshening sea in apprehension
lest the weather delay another
lifting and towing " operation
probably early next '5 week that
would carry the Squalus Into the
sheltering lee of the now nearby
Isle of Shoals. Once there, the Job
Tirtnally would be done. ' ' '
Waterfront Meet
Ends Sans Action
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 2.-(JPj-A.
meeting of waterfront em
ployers and 4 a longshoremen's
' union committee headed by Harry
Bridges, called to discuss a 1940
Pacific coast waterfront contract
broke up in disagreement late to
day and employers e h a r g e a
Rridkes had walked out. "break
ing oft collective bargaining on his
part"
Bridges said the .union was
faced with the choice of renew
inav the present contract as it
stands, for another - rear begin
nlng September 30, or a "tight
tn th finish" threatened br em
ployers. He rejected renewal, he
gald,
F. P. Folsie, president of the
WktnrfrnBt Em clovers association.
mil RrMm. Pacific coast erest-
dent of the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
union, disagreed sharply in their
respective summaries of the situa
tion. Each promptly wrote a long
letter to the other, and Issued
statements to the press..
Four Miss Death
In Hood Slides
GOVERNMENT CAMP, . ML
Hood, Aug; 12-OD-A. rock slide
near Crater rock, on Mt. Hoo.
' narrowly ' missed killing . three
Portland youths today. .
Flying stones slightly . Injured
Eugene Starr, 15 ; Rufford Scott,
15. and his brother. Walter, s.
First-aid treatment - was given
them bv members of their oartv.
- Scarcely 24 hours before, Vera
Hays of Portland was Injured by
two slides on the north .side of
the mountain. Miss Hays was be
ing carried on a stretcher when
struck tha second time.
Forest service officials have ls-
., sued warnings against climbing
the mountain daring the rest of
the summer.
Hauser Urges Decrease
In Salem Tax Spending
City Treasurer Advocates Cutting Frills out of
. Budget now in Making to Retire City's
Bonded. Indebtedness
Curtailment of tax-spending was urged upon the Salem;
city government in a statement and financial review issued
yesterday by City Treasurer Paul H. Hauser. j
The treasurer specifically advocated cutting all frills:
from the city budget now in the making and appropriating;
the largest amount possible, without increasing the tax levy,!
for a program of retiring theo I
city's bonded debt. I
Asked for his opinion on
budget matters soon to come be
fore the citizens' committee, Hau
ser declared the financial status
of the city was sound, had been
materailly bettered during the
last three years yet a steady In
crease in taxes had occurred.
! These increases, almost unin
terrupted, from 20.8 mills in
1935 to 244 in the current year,
are "largely . attributable to the
upkeep of auxiliary services de
manded and roted for by the u&lm& jJto MjATorum
payers." the treasurer explained.
Further increase above the
mill combined city, school,' coun
ty and state levy on Salem prop
erty appears prohibitive, he main
tained. Listing what he termed auxil
iary services, the - treasurer ad
mitted that "possibly they can
not be considered as non-essential
municipal functions, and there
should be no complaint If the tax
payer understands and is willing
to have his tax rate Increased by
their operation."
Services he mentioned and the
amount of taxes levied for them
this year Included the airport,
$1107, developed under a 60,000
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
Hope Diminishing
For 2 Sea Fliers
DUBLIN, Aug. 12 (A3) Hope
for the safety of two New York
fliers attempting to fly from Can
ada to Ireland vanished today as
hours passed without word after
their fuel supply was estimated
to have been exhausted.
The airmen, Alexander Loeb,
32, and Richard Decker, 23, left
St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, at 9:04
a. m. (EST) yesterday wun s&v
gallons of gasoline, calculated to
be enough to last 25 hours.
-r The odds were "100 to one
against them," fliers at Baldon-
nel airport said, when the sero
hour for that supply, 4 p. m. (10
m. EST) was reached without
any report from alert coast guard
stations or ships at sea.
The filers monoplane 'Shal
om" the Hebrew word for peace
carried no radio.
? Atlantic 'crazy' fliers over
due'! read the headline over terse
press accounts of the attempts of
the two Americans to span the
Atlantic In a plane similar to the
one Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
nsed in 1927 when he flew from
New York to Paris:
Legion Delegates Have "No39
Mood in Resolution Ballots
Delegates to the American Le
gion convention were, like the
legislature whose work-rooms in
the Oregon capltol they, occupied
for three days, decidedly In a "no"
mood on Saturday,' closing day of
the convention, and numerous
resolutions and propositions were
turned down including: several
changes in the department, con
stitution. Almost the only Important reso
lution passed on Saturday was the
one thanking the Marion county
Legion posts, the people of Salem,
Governor Sprague, other state of
ficials " and the legislature, for
their part in making the conven
tion a success. Another provided
that the published record of the
convention be dedicated to the
late Senatbr Frederick Steiwer,
a Legionnaire, and other promi
nent members who had died dur
ing the past year.
The department adopted a con
y
v
rolice seek Ino
Who Started Fire
Hutton and Minto State
Fire at Beer Parlor
Incendiary
That the fire which Friday night
and LaBranch beer parlor was.
started by arsonists or incendiar
ies was the opinion yesterday of
Fire Chief Harry Hntton after
viewing evldeneeln relation to
the cause of the blase, and hear
ing the story of Harry Phillips,
Route 4, Box 225, that he saw men
light a pile of rubbish in the rear
of the building. 1
Police Chief Frank Minto simi
larly stamped the beer hall blaze
as "set," and indicated yesterday
that Investigation of the fire and
its origin was nnder way by his
department.
The downtown fire was one of
five which harried local firemen
during the hour period between
7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, at the
time when the 2000 marchers In
the American Legion parade, and
thousands of other spectators fill
ed downtown streets. I
None of the other four blazes
was considered to be of incendiary:
origin, the fire chief Indicated,
though a house at 11 C 5 North
19 th street was entirely destroyed j
while its owner, A. P. Hermanns;
an oil salesman, was viewing the
parade with his family. !
Marsh Gas Death
Gaims two Boys
WEST PLAINS, Mo., Aug. it
-(ffJ-Two youths, one of whom
attempted unsuccessfully to res4
cue the other, died from the ef
fects of marsh gas in an aban
doned cistern at the rear of a
home here tonight. -: - - J
One of , the victims, Charles
Louis Elliott, 14, was playing with
a wheel in the yard of Mrs. Law
rence Ins-old. a neighbor, when
the toy rolled Into the 10-foot
well. Mrs. Ingold said the boy re
moved a concrete slab and owt
ered himself into the cistern.
When he tailed to reappear in
a few minutes, Mrs. Ingold's 8
year-old son summoned Rufus Ed
wards, jr., IS, who Jumped in
arter nuuott. iie, too, was overt-
come.
stltutlonal change providing for
advance publication of committee
and commission reports, so that
they need not be read on the Jloor
01 mm convention.
Speakers in addition to Louis
A. Johnson, assistant secretary of
war, included Congressman James
W.Mott, who mentioned the vet
erans legislation of the past se
sion enacted to "undo the wrong
done by the economy bill enacted
by the 73rd congress;'! Congress
man Homer Angell who empha
sised congress success in regain
ing its Independence, and Edward
Brost, CIO president in Oregon
who urged the Legion to appoint
a committee to confer , with labor
and denied ' both that the long
shoremen threaten to tie up ship
ping in September and. that there
is any communism in the CIO.
The assistant secretary of v ar,
principal speaker at the morning
iron. Iq page & col. 4j, -
Alien new Legion Mead
Three Ballots
Taken to Pick
Committeeman
Joe Chamberlain Winner
of Hotly-Contesteo.
National Post
Allen States Legion Is
Determined Against
Foreign "Wars
By RALPH C. CURTIS
Climaxing three days and three
nights of intensive labor on the
part of the American Legion's po
litical medicine men, three ballots
were required to settle the eon-
test for national committeeman in
favor of Jqe Chamberlain of Cor
vallis, as the Legion's 21st annual
convention came to a dose here
late Saturday afternoon.
Other offices were filled with
out much in the way of fireworks.
Neil Allen of Grants Pass was
elected to the principal depart
ment office, that of commander,
without opposition. Hugh Bow
man of Pendleton was nominated
by Henry Heisel of Tillamook, but
immediately withdrew, mention
ing "unforeseen circumstances
which, the delegates knew. Includ
ed the death of his father two
days before the convention open
ed. Allen had been nominated by
Hugh Rosson of Salem in an ad
dress which mentioned hit ser
vlce as first commander of the
Grants Pass post, on the state ex
ecutive committee and American
Ism eommlttee and In other capa
cities. Oregon Held
Nation's Strength ,. ! .
OotlinJnf th Tletpoln' gtion
which his year's administration of
Legion affairs will be based, Allen
classified Oregon as one of the
preponderantly rural communities
which must be "the strength of
America" and in noting that the
Legion had "come of age," de
clared that its members are des
tined from this time en to have
an outstanding part in shaping the
course of national stents. His
statement of the Legion's determ
ination that neither its members
nor their sons shall fight again on
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Moran Quits Post
As Chest Auditor
Herbert L." Braden Made
Successor by Action
of Directors
Resignation of W. H. "Billy"
Moran as auditor of the Salem
Community Chest was announced
yesterday by W. M. Hamilton,
president of the chest organiza
tion, who also indicated that the
board of directors had selected
Herbert L. Braden as his succes
sor.
"Mr. Moran' has made a very
creditable record in his position as
auditor of the Chest during the
past two years, Hamilton stated.
He has made many friends for
the chest and the agencies affili
ated therewith and has been suc
cessful In making the collections
tor the chest to an extent which
has been highly gratifying to the
board of directors and officers of
the chest.
Braden, who lives at 1710 Court
street. Is at present general agent
for. the Ohio National Life In
surance company, has also been
associated with the Miller store,
the Salem Hardware company and
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company during his IS years in
Salem. ......
Oregon Fires Are
All Under Control
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12-Gp)
-Western Oregon and Washington
forest tires remained nearly dor
mant today nnder a combination
of cool weather and high humid
lty.
4 All fires. Including the gigantic
Saddle Mountain blaze, one in
Dutch Canyon and another la the
Columbia national forest of Wash
ington, remained -Inside fire lines.
One flare-up of the Saddle Moun
tain fire was halted when tire
fighters backfired.
I John Gnlock, 69, of Portland,
was the sole casualty of the Co
lumbia fire. He dropped dead yes
terday at a base camp pay window
' Governor Charles A. Sprague
Satnday directed J. W. Ferguson,
state forester, to provide him with
a detailed report of the area barn
ed over in recent fires and the
amount of damage resulting.
. The governor said he later would
make a trip over the burned dis
trict in Tillamook county;
New Commander
Oi State Legion
Neil Allen of Granta Pass, who
was elected department com
mander of the Oregon American
Legion, at yesterday's final ses
sion. He succeeds John A. Beck
with of Portland.
Next Year's Meet
Goes Sans Takers
No Bid Put in to Stand
Host; Meet Here May
Pay Its Way
That the 21st annual conven
tion of the American Legion In
Salem, declared by many veteran
conventioneers to be the biggest
ioA-4 besttTer ' xnay have been
"the Legion convention to , ana
ell Lesion conventions," was In
dicated when no invitations from
prospective host cities were re
ceived. The convention 'time and
place" committee made no re
port.
Incidentally, the Salem conten
tion came at least within "hat
passing distance of paying its
own way; may have done so com
pletely, though the finance com
mittee of the convention commis
sion will not be able to determine
this nntil receipt! of Saturday
night are counted and all or the
bills are turned In.
There had been some mention
of Eugene, Corvallis and Tilla
mook as possible 1940 hosts but
none rose to the bait. The truth
is that conducting an American
Legion convention, has grown to
such a task that it is a big prob
lem for any post; Salem was as
sisted this year by Silverton, Stay-
ton, Woodburn, Mt. Angel .-ad
Aurora as Joint hosts.
There waa some informal dls
cusBion of making the convention
in future years less a show and
more a : mere gathering of Le
gion delegates to conduct their
routine business.
Delegates and visitors from all
over Oregon praised the manner
in which the 1939 convention
was conducted and Salem's hos
pitality in general, especially tne
fact that except possibly In one
or two minor Instances, there was
no Increase In regular prices tori
rooms and meals.
Tropic Storm Is
Felt by Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 12
-(AV-A tropical storm with winds
of CO miles an, hour or more
skirted the northwest Florida
coast tonight, cutting off several
communities from outside com
municatkms and causing the
death of a fisherman when his
boat capsized.
Apalaehlcola, where waterfront
property was damaged, ' Port St.
Joe, Carrabelle and ' other com.
munltlea along the gulf and
Franklin county eoast were with
out telephone and telegraph com
munications. Streets near the
gulf were flooded.
Whether there was any serious
damage or any casualties in that
section Waa viot known but It was
believed losses were not heavy.
Tne storm was expected to pass
inland near valparalsor
Brain Surgery Is
Used in Fracture
ALBANY," Ore., Aug. 12 - ( -
uiucner,v, Lawsoo, Z5, narpster,
Ohio, was 'holding his own" in a
hospital here today after an oper
ation to repair a compound skull
fracture.
- Lawson was found in the
Southern - Pacific freight yards
here last night. District Attorney
Harlow Weinrick said state police
were investigating and i believed
Lawson. might have been slugged
by two men with? whom ht was
riding cn a lumber, car, .
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Garner Backed
ByRayburnas
'40 Candidate
Honse Floor Leader Says
He's for "Liberal"
Democrat
Pronouncement Is First
From Any of "big '4"
on 1940 Men
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-(ff-
Representative Sam Rayburn, who
as majority floor leader has pi
loted new deal legislation through
the house for three years, Indorsed
Vice President Garner today for
the 1940 democratic presidential
nomination.
Rayburn announced his support
of his fellow Texan In a statement
issued In response to an Inquiry
from the . Fort Worth (Texas)
Star-Telegram as to his stand.
"I am for that outstanding
Texan and liberal democrat, John
N. Garner, for the presidential
nomination in 1940. believing
that if elected he will make the
country a great president," the
statement said.
Garner's Friends
Are Elated
Garner's friends here were ob
viously elated at Raybur&'s pub
lic stand, not only because he has
been an ardent supporter of Pre
sident Roosevelt's policies, but be
cause he is listed as an author of
such Important new deal legisla
tion as the securities act, the stock
exchange act and the utilities
holding company law.
With Rayburn's announcement,
they said the vice president had
the backing of the two Texas
senators, Sbeppard and .(anally.
ana 01 11 outer members 01 the
state's delegation in congress.
They also said that Rayburn's
definition of Garner as an out
standing "liberal democrat van
pleasing, ia the light of President
Roosevelt's recent statement that
the party must choose a liberal
in 1940, or he would not active
ly support the candidate.
Kayounrs statement, too, "-as
the first public pronouncement re
garding 194 0 from any of the
"big tour" of congress Speaker
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
Young Demos Give
New Deal Support
Homer Mat Adams Named
to Head - Clubs for
Next 2 Years
f
- PITTSBURGH. Aug. 12-fl)-The
young democratic clubs of
America went down the line for
the new deal program in the 1940
campaign today in concluding
their thee-day biennial meeting.
The convention adopted resolu
tions urging President Roosevelt
to "press forward'' with his "lib
eral" objectives and recommend
ing nomination of candidates next
year favoring his program. A new
dealer, 28-year-old Homer Mat
Adams, Springfield, III., was una
nimously elected president of the
young democrats tor the next two
years.
Although their constitution for
bids endorsement of candidates
for 'the presidential nomination,
the Junior democrats applauded
and cheered Mayor Edward J. Kel
ly of Chicago when he "demand
ed" that Roosevelt run again.
Mrs. Verda Barnes, 81, Idaho
Falls. Ida., until recently a secre
tary in the interior department in
Washington, D.C., was elected vice
president, and John Nef f, Staun
ton. Va, apple-grower, secretary.
John M. Bailey, Hartford, Conn.,
was re-elected treasurer. Louis
ville, Ky., won the 1141 conven
tion. . f : .
Salem Drinks
Water That
Salem was In a heavy drinking
mood last week. The city con
sumed 63.340,140 gallons of wa
ter, records -kept at the municipal
water department disclosed yes
terday. -' l " v 1
The combination of hot weath
er - and ' influx otr convention
crowds ran water consumption to
near-record proportions on Tues
day -and Wednesday, when
1,420.880 and 9.458,220 gaUons.
respective! y, were checked
through the master meters.
Manager Carl E. Guenther sld
the city may have used more than
those amounts of water in a day
before but added that the city's
consumption had never touched
the 10,600,000 -gallon mirk u
far as he knew at the- moment. : "i
Daily water uso did not drop
below 1,600,000 gallons during
jht entire weak, .
War Department
Aide Is Speaker
Louis A. Johnson, assistant secre
tary of war, urged . Oregon Le
gionnaires to help preserve the
American ideal when he ad
dressed them yesterday at clos
ing sessions of the Legion con
vention at the state capltol.
Johnson arrived here in a gov
ernment airplane. (Courtesy
Oregon Journal)
5800 Petition for
PUD in Portland
State Hydro Commission
Requested to Study
Power Proposal
Petitions signed by 5800 per
sons requesting the state hydro
electric commission to investigate
the feasibility of creating the Port
land people's utility district were
filed here Saturday.
The petitions were brought to
Salem lay Senator Harry M. Renin,
i"Pprtlai'.J;rairman of the Bonne-
,CJC?:StrlcklIn, secretary of the
hydro-electric commission, said a
study would be made of the pro
posed district and if it was found
feasible a special election would
be called. A public hearing on the
proposal would precede the elec
tion. Kenin told Strlcklin that the
Portland district, if organized,
would have the largest population
of any similar project of its kind
in the state.
Acquisition of the Portland
General Electric company and the
Northwestern Electric company
facilities was favored, Kenin said.
This would be brought about
either by purchase or condemna
tion. One Dies, 26 Hurt
As Truck Topples
PHILIPSBURG, Pa., Aug.. 12-(JPj-h.
young girl was killed and
26 persons injured tonight when
a truck in which they were re
turning home from the picnic of
a Lithuanian fraternal order
overturned at nearby Sandy Ridge.
No one on board the truck es
caped injury, all being catapulted
onto the highway when the vehicle
toppled over a 12-foot embank
ment and rolled over twice.
The Injured are residents of
Osceola Mills, a small soft coal
mining community close by.
Helen Sokol died in Philips
burg state hospital a few hours
after the accident.
Opening Envelopes
Is Waste of Time
ENTERPRISE. Ore., Ang. 12
-(P) The : postoffice here re
ceived a unique request from a
man whose name was withheld.
The man requested that no
mall be delivered to him, ex
plaining that his mail is ;iot
important and that he doesn't
want to be bothered with It.
Deep,' but it9s
Is Fast Flowing
Despite the heavy drain on the
water supply, the Stayton island
underground and well systems
held their own, the manager said.
The infiltration I galleries below
ground are continuing to produce
mere than ,0 0 0,0 0 0 gallons : a
day even though ': an additional
estimated 2,750,009 gallons a day
are being pumped out of the two
wells recently drilled en' the
island. The level of the North
Santiam river, which directly af-
in the island, is at or close to
fects the level of the water table
Its record low mark of last sum
mer." ' - ' r .- '
- Temperature of the water at
the Fairmount hill, reservoir hov
ers between 5 8 - and CO degrees.
which is considered about right
for domestic consumption, the
manager aaidU -
jt fc J y
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Former Salem
Girl Is Among
Thsse Injured
'City of San Francisco"
Derailed and six Cars
Are Wrecked
Two Die "When Expressed
uoiiiae at crossing
"Near Denver
SAtf FRANCISCO, Aug. 12-ffJ
Twelve persons were killed when
six cars of the westbound stream
lined train "City of San Fran
cisco were derailed In central
Nevada about 200 miles east of
Reno tonight. Southern Pacific
headquarters here reported.
Most of the dead were dining
car employes, the company said.
A large, number of persons
were believed Injured.
Four trains, carrying rescue
and clean-up forces, converged on
the accident spot. Full reports
from the scene were not expected
before morning.
Several Cars f ;'
Roll Into River
The Southern Pacific said that
several of the derailed cars rolled
into the Humboldt river which
flows below the tracks at that
point.
The train was traveling on
Southern Pacific tracks at a point
15 miles west of Carlin, Nev. It
was westbound, en route from
Chicago to San Francisco.
Cause of the derailment could
not be determined immediately.
but unconfirmed reports from rail
road men at Elko, near Carlin,
said the train had struck a rock
on the track.
The accident occurred at 9: SI
p.m., coast time, but because ef
the remoteness of the region, word
of it was not received for some
time.' j
A hospital train with: seven dee
tors and eight nurse, left Reno
as soon as u couigee'msae a p.
The train was expected at tha
scene sometime after midnight.
Ambulances Scat
Ambulances were recruited
from Elko and WinnemuCca, and
sent to the accident scene.
The streamliner travels through
the sparsely settled section ef
central Nevada at speeds of a
high as 90 miles an hour. The sec
tion where the accident occurred
is in the Humboldt river gorge ef
the Tuscarora mountains, a bleak
and rugged region.
Fragmentary reports from th
dispatcher's office at Sparks, Nev..
Indicated that the dining car ef
the 17-car luxury train wai swept
Into the Humboldt river. The
number of passengers la the diner
at the time was not learned.
The train was proceeding wesfcT
through the rugged Humboldt riv- ...
er canyon country, reports stated.
The first three units of the train,
corresponding to the engine and
tender of steam trains, passed ever
the rock, but pushed it back nnder
the following cars.
The boulder sheared off the
deck of a steel bridge and plunge
the diner into the river, the re
ports said.
DENVER, Aug. 12.-(P)-A Den
ver and Rio Grande Western
train, pulled by two locomotives
and starting a trip through th
Rocky mountains to Salt Lake
City, plowed into the side of the
Santa Fe railroad's "Navajo" la
south Denver today. Instantly kill
ing Conductor A, S. Mock, 2, ef
the Na jo and Injuring 84 per
sons, one of them fa tall; '
.Mock, who lived at Pueble,
Colo., was crushed to death la a
washroom.
Roy S. Scott, SS, of Denver, a
passenger aboard the Navajo, died
at 6:40 p. m. of a skull fracture
and Internal injuries. ' '
Fifty-three others all of them
aboard the Denver-bound Santa
Fe train required hospital ear.
All but 15 were discharged after
emergency treatment.
Among the seriously injured
were Mrs. Phyllis Shaw, 28. Mao
cow, Idaho, fractured right arm
and shock,' whose condition wtt
described as poor, and France
Rolfe, 18, Portland,- Ore., frac
tured vertebrae, condition fair.
(Mrs. Phyllis Shaw, listed
as serionsly injured, attend
Willamette university mm Phyl
lis Dennison. After her gradne
tloa in 1933 she worked for
several years as laboratory teeh ,
nkian -for the jclinto of Morse,
Robertson, Power, Burenf Ro
bertson and Miller. She wa
married la Moscow last year.) ' ' .
The smashup occurred at a It
degree cross-over track. Both-the
"Navajo and the Denver and Rio
Grtnde train, the first section ef
the "Scenic limited," were behind
schedule. " ' - ' C
The two esme together with
a terrific clash," said F. F. Mar
latt, in ehai-vft'of a railroad coa- .
trol tower near the wreck scene.
A ; District V Attorney John A. Car
roll announced M a r 1 a 1 1 had
signed , a statement saying ., the :
board was set against the Rio
Grande train. The Santa Fe train
had the right of way.
Carroll; participating iu the in
vestigation along with Denver po
lice, said it was impossible fo
both trains to hare clear ' signal
at the aan time,